These portraits surely are done by a professional painter but strangely enough nothing is known about the artist Madeleine Lefebvre, except that she certainly wasn’t the only female artist working in the Congo. Some others were: Edith Dasnoy, Renée Bruyère-Blondiau, Marie de Paepe, Germaine Ide, Marie-Louise Stradiot-Bougnet, Suzanne van Damme, Isa Janssens, Erna Vamos, Madeleine-Christine Forani, Francine Somers and Marthe Guillain.
Madeleine Lefebvre (1900-1967)
'Paintress of the African Women'
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Madeleine Lefebvre (1900-1976)
‘Portrait of a Congolese girl’
Signed m lefebvre, annotated La belle tatorié, Madeleine Lefebvre, 1946 on a sticker on the stretcher
In the original faux bamboo and woven fibre frame.
Oil on canvas, H. 40.4 x W. 51 cm
Madeleine Lefebvre (1900-1976)
'Danseuse Mutshioko'
Signed M.Lefebvre lower right
Titled and dated Danseuse Mutshioko, 1945 on a sticker on the stretcher
Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 50.3 cm
Madeleine Lefebvre (1900-1976)
Jeune fille Bakura m'Fruja
Signed M.Lefebvre lower right
Titled and dated Jeune fille Bakura m'Fruja, Madeleine Lefebvre, 1946 on a sticker on the stretcher
Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 50.5 cm
Madeleine Lefebvre (1900-1976)
'Djinga'
Signed M.Lefebvre lower right
Titled and dated Djinga, Madeleine Lefebvre, 1946 on a sticker on the stretcher
Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
Djinga is a town in Kasai Oriental/Central Congo.